Late notice I know, but Goin Off Safaris can now offer you a trip of a lifetime with a half priced 3 day/3 night all inclusive live aboard Great White Shark diving experience. With only 3 spots available, this will go fast so contact us asap.
Dates are Feb 21st-24th, from Pt.Lincoln priced at $1250 per person (normally $2495). Bargain!
Goin Off Safaris now has some more exciting options for you, whilst enjoying your all ready fun filled holiday/vacation whilst staying with us in the beautiful Coffin bay. Now available through B&B Active are quad bikes for beach & sand dune fun ( beats climbing back up massive dunes after sandboarding!!), scooters, 250-400cc dirt bikes, mountain & BMX bikes for plenty of action off the water.
Available for the water is a 3 person jet ski, ideal for your own exploring of the bays & inlets & can tow a sea biscuit for amazing fun! We also have tinny for fishing, kayaks, multi purpose ocean boards which can be used for surfing,windsurfing & stand up paddling. Great fun for all ages & more options again for you & your family when you get down here to the Eyre Peninsula! The Great White Shark cage diving off Pt.Lincoln is still very popular with good numbers of sharks still around, so get on down here! Cheers.
Spring is here & with spring comes warmer temperatures, longer days & beautiful countryside with local flora in full bloom. This is inland of course but this also means that the ocean winds drop, which makes the trip out to Neptune Island off Port Lincoln,Australia, even better to dive with the Great White Sharks!
Shark numbers are fantastic at the minute & have been all winter with 5-8 big sharks present everyday, giving you the ultimate underwater experience whilst safely being protected by the large & specially designed underwater cage.
For those of you who would prefer to stay on the dry deck of the boat, a special passenger price has now been released of $395 per person & you still have the option of upgrading to diving once on board. The views from the deck & flybridge are still outstanding & guaranteed a special Kodak moment!
Day trips are the most popular but multiple days out with the sharks & other marine life are also very well sought after.For further info please contact us.
Enjoy this magnificent spring weather & when you have pulled all the weeds out from the garden, come & have a look these ripper creatures!!
G’day to all!
This Sunday, August the 2nd, at the Arkaba Hotel in Adelaide, Eyre Peninsula is coming to you! As part of the new award winning Port Lincoln Hotel marketing ploy, we are showing off the Eyre Peninsula & bringing you full on taste of what the region has to offer & a first hand glimpse of what we do & where we take you once on board with Goin Off Safaris.
Fine foods, award winning wines, Coffin Bay oysters & all the other operators that we use in conjunction with our safaris will be there for you to check out for your next holiday & I promise that you will be impressed. It will be a great day out. The Expo goes from 11am to 5pm with a few well known celebs floating around including Adelaide Crows captain & superstar, Simon Goodwin plus cooking demonstrations by celebrity chef Michael Angelakis & local chefs Tony Ford from Boston Bay Wines & David Pedro from the Pt.Lincoln Hotel.
There are fantastic prizes to be won & some great specials available with our packages discounted for the event.
Come & say G’day, this Sunday the 2nd August at Hurleys Arkaba Hotel, Glen Osmond Rd, Fullarton from 11am- 5pm & have a fresh oyster & wine if nothing else!
Great to hear that one of our main wine suppliers, Lincoln Estate Winery, has just jagged 2 bronze medals at the Brisbane Fine Wine Festival recently for their Sashimi Sauv Blanc Chardonnay & Greenlip Cab Sav so very well done.
Speaking with the vineyard manager, Kym ” Turbo ” Turvey, he says the nationwide recognition is excellent exposure for the Eyre Peninsula. Not only nationwide recognition for the family run winery but it is also cracking markets globally in countries such as Japan, Singapore, South Korea & China.
Along with the winery, the Turvey family also own & operate the Glen Forest Animal Farm which is outstanding for all visitors & here you can feed all our native animals such as kangaroos, koalas, many bird species & then after a round of mini golf, kick back around a bbq & sample some of the home grown flavours of the local fruit. It make a great day.
Good work Turbo, & Goin Off Safaris is proud to be supporting yet another high standard local product!
Special thanks to the Port Lincoln Times for the photo
Local Port lincoln winery, Boston Bay Wines, yesterday released it’s first ever sauvignon bland white wine & has aptly named the new label as The Great White. Port Lincoln is known as the seafood capital of Australia ( for good reason) & this wine has been specifically produced for the fresh seafood that we endulge in down here. At the launch yesterday, I personally had to have a few glasses & with some fresh Coffin Bay Oysters & it really was top shelf!
Special thanks to the Pt.Lincoln Times for the photo of Bill Ford(right)
The Great White is the new addition added to the Ford families assorted collection of Riesling, Chardonnay, Spatlese Riesling, Riesling Mistrille, Cab Sav, Shiraz ( my favourite) & Merlot. The family describes the Great White as ” elegant, crunchy sauvignon that packed with appetising tropical fruits , goosberry & all manner of naturally refreshing flavours & aromas that marry particularly well with just about any kind of seafood..”
The winery itself is seated perfectly overlooking the enormity of Port Lincolns Boston Bay( hence the name). A beautiful location especially when one can sit back with the home grown product whilst been served up something equally special by live in acclaimed master chef & family member Tony Ford. The winery caters for those special functions as well during the year & is open for cellar door sales. Goin Off Safaris is more than happy to provide clients with a selection of the local drop!
Whilst on Great Whites, out in the water, numbers of the sharks are great at the minute & have been for some time, with some of the big ones up to 18 ft been frequently seen. So now is the time to see the Great Whites in the water & back on land, sample of few glasses of the new label with some fresh oysters so you can see what we’re on about over here!
I’m gonnna crack another!!
With the winter season apon us, all the rage in Australian tourism is in the natural phenonaman of the country’s biggest lake, that being Lake Eyre, filling up. The lake surface itself is a massive 9690 square kilometers ( the size of Holland!) which is normally a very hard salt crust but after early season floods in Queenslands Channel Country of the Georgina, Diamantina & Cooper Creek Catchments, the lake is slowly filling & has only filled 3 times in the last 150 years!
Last weekend saw us fill a classic Beech 18 aircraft for a customized tour of Lake Eyre & beyond over 4 incredible days! Departing from Adelaide, our group took in Wilpena Pound & Arkaroola in the Flinders Ranges,Innamincka, Coongie Lakes,Birdsville, Dalhousie Springs, the Painted Desert & Evelyn Downs cattle station. On the ground, our guests met local characters at the legendary Birdsville Pub, Coopers Creek Homestay, the famous William Creek Hotel & then had the best nights sleep in the underground rooms of Coober Pedy’s Desert Cave Motel. Every day is another amazing encounter with the guys flat out taking in all sights, scenery & there is no better way to catch the best vantage points to appreciate the whole outback experience & that’s by air.
Spring is going to be something else as the wildflowers & wildlife will be lighting up the country side so if your thinking of capturing some of the countries absolutely finest scenery, at its spectacular best, get in contact with us asap to book your customised trip. Opal Air charters are our local & well known proven operators with gun pilots,Lindsay Matthews & Chris Phitzner at the helm. Flights carrying 6-8 passengers are available from Adelaide, Wudinna, Coober Pedy or after a Great White Shark Dive in Pt.Lincoln, we’ll go from there as well!!
G’day again! We had another great day out again recently when Matt Waller of Adventure Bay Charters took a group of us out to his tuna farm. Another corker day was had swimming with & feeding the farmed Southern Bluefin Tuna & watching them in a feeding frenzy is a sight to behold. Fresh pilchards are thrown out to the blue rockets & nothing is wasted as the 65 tuna, compete for the food. On the feeding platform you can also handfeed as well by holding onto the pilchards by the tail & with the bait slightly submerged, the tuna will take the pilchard right outof your hand. Its great stuff!
Whats even better though is actually donning mask & snorkel & jumping in the play pen itself. As the tuna feed from just below the surface, diving down deeper underwater is a great place to view the spectacle. They are lightening quick, super strong & incredibly graceful & in the crystal clear waters of Port Lincolns Boston Bay waters, its a great way to spend a morning. The attraction is a worlds first & for those that arn’t as keen to get into the water, Matt is now putting in a underwater viewing tunnel, so you can see exactly whats happening down there & study this powerful species & staying dry !
There are also a mass of Australian Salmon in the farm as well. These enter the net which is the enclosure of the tuna farm & feed of any small remains of the pilchards. They then grow that big that they cannot go back out of the net, so they end up being playmates with the tuna. As a little party trick for the kids, Matt produces a fishing rod & gives the kids a chance to haul in a salmon which makes a great morning for all.
Yep, they really are that big.
Double Trouble
Loads of action & nothing really can prepare you for your first eyeball to eyeball dive with these monsters whether its from the deck of the 65ft Calypso Star vessel or underwater in the shark cage.
Cameras are essential, just to prove to your mates what an experience this really is
For this and more adventurous action, see our Extreme Ocean Adventure ( click play on video screen to see real life shark action) tour & jump on board for one of the best adventure days of your life !
